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About three quarters of the way through this celebration by the Saturday Night Jazz Orchestra of the percussive aspects of big band jazz, Drum Jam founder Kumi Masunaga sashayed on to the stage beating one of her collection of hand drums, and took over the show.

Rarely does one find a Chinese classical concert on the theme of love without the overplayed Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto. The four works performed at last weekend's Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra concert came from a list of some 2,000 works it commissioned and premiered.

The appearance of Marc Minkowski's 40-member ensemble on Friday as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival seemed a great way to start the weekend. The players' skill was assured; the packaging carried the question marks.

A cabaret, classics and a prayer for the dead - music written in Nazi concentration camps will be performed for the United Nation's Holocaust Memorial Day at the Academy of Performing Arts next Sunday.

One of the hippest and most commercially successful local rock bands, Mr. (pronounced Mister) held two concerts over the weekend. Although the band was formed only in 2008, this marked the third time they had taken the stage at the prestigious Coliseum.

Artist Ai Weiwei, seen by the mainland authorities as a thorn in their sides, said yesterday he was "deeply touched" by pop star Elton John's surprise shout-out at his first concert in Beijing on Sunday night.

The US network NBC said its benefit concert for superstorm Sandy victims drew nearly US$23 million in donations to the American Red Cross.

Friday's hour-long telethon included performances by artists native to the areas hardest-hit by Sandy, including New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Joel, of New York's Long Island.

'In the context of a world-class orchestra commanding steep ticket prices, this performance struggled to rate a twinkle, let alone a few stars.' That was how SCMP music critic Sam Olluver summed up the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra concert on February 13.

This year, Hong Kong has been unexpectedly lucky in the lineup of bands and popstars of all genres who have graced our shores. The latest is Paramore, who are performing tonight at the AsiaWorld-Expo. For those lucky enough to be going to any of this year's gigs, here's a list of dos and don'ts.

Neighbours of Hong Kong Stadium, notorious for making noise complaints when concerts are held, were not disturbed by yesterday's show by Canto-pop legend Sam Hui Koon-kit, the first commercial show at the venue since 1994, but many fans in the full house were not so happy.

Concert-goers have generally been singing the praises of gigs at AsiaWorld-Arena since it opened in late 2005, giving Hong Kong its first world-class live music venue with state-of-the-art sound and lighting.